Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity. l
THE new clothing store of Beck &
DeFOrd will open on Saturday. S
SEE E. r. Halls advertisement in re- :
gard TO plaster, hair and cement.
The Smyrna Cornet Band has rented
one of the rooms over Hrs oDl,, '
store. where they will ar" nOV Ohly j
resebled his mother .,1er's
died recently, but froT meet to practice.
WAKEFIELD GAINS, the colored man
recently murdered in Philadelphia,
lived in this town some two years
ago.
GEO. FAIRIES and Albert FAIRIES have
bought the houses erected q year ago
by III. d. Boyer on Walnut street, near
GlenwOOd Avenue.
JACOB LIENBERGER has bought of
John c. Bailey the brick dwelling on
lower Commerce street known as the
Mitchell house." Price, 81 800.
JOHN H. LOvETT, ESQ, Hartford Co.,
Md. raised y bushels of oats per acre
last year from 200 lbs. Planet PhOs-
phate. lie will continue to LOvett.
THE first mail delivery in the new
post Office was served out last night. |
The room has been nicely fixed up, and |
Mr.. Bewley feels he has desirable Of
fee.
OUR YOUNG gentlemen who go to
philadelphia fOl tine fitting clothes, will |
find an artist in q. I. Eichman, 506
Arch street, who has many Delaware
customers.
JOHN MEINTZER, of LansfOrd, Pa,
has rented the house adjoining the Office
Of Lewis & Price on Main street and is
fixing it up for Il new bakery and con-
fectiOnery store.
AlOvING time reveals the fact that there
are a number Of houses unOccu9ied.
This comes from the fact, largely, that IA
number of persons formerly renters, have
built houses of their own.
PHOTOGRAPHER BRADFORD has sold
out his business here to J. NJ. South, of
Crumpton, Md. Mr.. South has had a
number Of years experience, and is said
to be moderate in his charges.
Mrs. JOHN FARRELL, of RaymOnd's
Neck. received flwn from friend in
Missouri, last week. 1t was in a large
cage and attracted Il good deal OF atlen-
tion from passers by in the street.
JACOB HILL, a well known farmer
residing near Blackbird died on Thurs
day, aged 58 years, of heart disease,
and was buried at the Odd Fellows
Cemetery, this town, on Sunday.
JOHN A. GENNETT, Pointville, n. j.,
has been using Star Bone Phosphate
for several years on corn, potatoes and
trucks. It has dIUays paid him and of
course he has nothing A. Gennett.
THE Robert Burns Comedy Company
of Baltimore which exhibited at the
Town Hail on both Friday and Satur-
day evenings was pronounced good in
execution and unobjectionable in mat
ter.
Your peach trees need attention
now. 1t is said the Peninsular Bone
Fertilizer Company have the best
phosphate for least money. This, if
properly applied, would seem to cover
the ground.
CAPT. SCOUT says thatif Cleveland is
reelected the post Office will be moved
to Smyrna Landing. 1t has been
elected for a third term it would be
removed to Bombay Hook.
READ the plain sentences in Mr.. Coop.
er's advertisement. Some persons will
doubtless be surprised to find that su
many things can be furnished at his store
BY the way, the advertisement contains
an acrOstc which would be interesting
for our young people to work out.
THE following named scholars O
District No. 4, W. K. COnaway teacher
attained the highest average for thu
month ending February 28th: JOIN
Thompson, Emma Short, Ida Server
son, Libbie Short, Emma KINNEY
Fanny Short and MOllie Boyer.
MONDAY morning, while Mr.. Boehm
lcr's wagon was being unloaded Mt hi
b'Arly The horse started up and finding
AH aae holding the reins. it got faster un
I'll 1t broke in ii run for the stable up
setting aud demolishing the wagon il
turning the corner opposite the T0wr
Hall.
A PIECE Of chocolate layer cake
made and presented hy Miss Anna {
Stevenson, daughter o. Geo NJ. Steven
son, eleven years old. we found mos
excellent in quality, aud w"uli HAY
done credit To many Of our matronl
hOusekeepers. The little cak. make
can go up to the head of her class
YESTERDAY morning whil~ Fran
Strickland aud Miss Hanna Van tia
ken were taking a walk to the mi
pond, Mr.. ). saw beautiful iccle tha
attracted his fancy which he desired [
secure and unalyze. and in doing 81
while supporting himself against
fence, the latter gave way, pungin
him head foremost in the mill pOn,
He was kindly assisted out by his lad
attendent, aud was all right after IL
drying process was completed.
EDWARD G. WALLS, who sustained
fracture Of his arm by being thrown fro
a lack while on the way to John '
Spruance's birthday party, on Thursda
might last is about with his arm in
sling, where { is likely to be for con
time The force ia coming into conta
with the post was such as not only
break out the tongue, but throw two
three Of the ladies out ON their heads. b
fortunately doing but little damage b
yond mudd5in ing their fine clothes. II
night was very dark.
OUR new ice cream frm-Messi
Stevenson and Peregoy-have ma,
a most generous offer to the Org;
Fund Committee of the M. Z. Churc
Commencing at noon on each of b
four Saturdays Of March they propo
TO odOnate to this Fund their profits
all ice cream sold by the plate in th,
parlors. The proceeds from the sal
Of cake on these occasions they al
donate to this fund. This is purely
gratuitous offer on the part of Mess
stevenson & Peregoy, coming frc
them as II does unsolicited by the Co
mittee. Every one buying plate
cream on the Saturday afternoons a
evenings VIII while themselves payi
~ more ior y, and getting just as
plate, be helping the Organ Fund
lhe profits on the same.